Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIP TYPES --

WORLD WAR I ERA CARGO SHIPS --
with ONE SMOKESTACK, TWO SINGLE MASTS, FLUSH DECKS, and NO or ONE KINGPOST PAIR

Twenty-eight of the U.S. Navy's WWI era cargo ships had one smokestack, two single masts, flush decks, and no or one kingpost pair.

To facilitate identification, these vessels have been placed in twelve sub-groups, some containing ships of essentially identical design ("sister ships"), while others consist of quite different designs. The latter are further subdivided as to whether they were built in the United States or abroad.

This page features a table (with links to individual ships) of World War I era U.S. Navy cargo ships with one smokestack, two single masts, flush decks, and no or one kingpost pair, plus a photograph of each ship in this group.

Ships in this group:

TWENTY-EIGHT SHIPS with ONE SMOKESTACK (Funnel), TWO SINGLE MASTS, FLUSH DECKS, and NO or ONE KINGPOST PAIR, subdivided as shown below:

Click each ship name to access that
ship's complete Online Library entry.

Click the small photographs to prompt a larger view of the same image, and the words "Picture Data" to access the Picture Data Sheet for that image.

NOTE:Edgecombe was reacquired by the Navy from the Shipping Board in 1921 with two sisters. They served through World War II as USS Altair (AD-11, originally S.S. Edisto), Denebola (AD-12, originally S.S. Edgewood ), and Rigel (AD-13, originally S.S. Edgecombe).

To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here
are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded
and used for any purpose.

Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines
citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center".
Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval
History and Heritage Command".